Hopefully we don't have to revisit this thread after TFA is released, but I thought it might be worth getting fears out in the open now so that we aren't surprised if the movie is a giant letdown. I know this is a bit of a downer, but some discomfort can be a good thing.

In no particular order:

- TFA (and the sequels in general) feels completely disconnected from or narratively irrelevant to Episodes 1-6- Daisy Ridley can't carry the weight of the film- The OT characters make too many winky references to previous events (Indiana Jones 4 syndrome)- Harrison Ford phones-in his performance- Carrie Fisher delivers a performance that makes you want to claw your eyes out or become deaf- JJ Abrams' action sequences are too "busy" - either too much going on or the camera work is too distracting- The film has heart but lacks the balletic wit of the OT- John Williams makes some references to OT cues, but delivers a consistently underwhelming score- Maz Kanata is Jar Jar Binks 2.0- Kylo Ren is Darth Maul 2.0 (looks awesome, fights awesome, has great presence but is criminally underused)- The film tries to do too much to please fans and devolves into OT callbacks- There's no explanation for why a planet that has the exact same environment as Tattooine is called Jakku (not so fussed about this, though it is weird why they'd do that)- The film tries to pack too much into one instalment and loses focus- The Emperor is cloned- Another Death Star- Use of flashbacks- Anthony Daniels plays an over exaggerated version of C-3PO (as he has on the cartoons)- The script finds no room for the droids- Every new character is somehow related to an older character (with the exception of the Skywalker chain)

The number one fear I have, which has been the case since this whole thing got announced, is the story. How can anyone construct the continuation of a story that makes sense after the fairy tale happy ending of Return of the Jedi, without completely castrating everything that happened in that film? I really, really hope this film doesn't turn out to be "let's attach another movie onto the saga because Disney has to repay its investors." The flow through all 6 existing movies is brilliant, poetic and logical, and I have a hard time seeing how TFA can do that. I really hope I'm wrong.

Any of the OT gang referring or mentioning in any way PT concepts like "padawans or midichlorians," seeing any winks or nods to Jar Jar, corpse or otherwise, and this notion that we're only getting about ten seconds of Luke is REALLY starting to irk me.

Also changing things just for the sake of changing stuff. Why are they no longer called the Empire or Rebels?? Not necessary.

A major concern of mine is that Leia will be walking round with that goldfish pout in every scene....while im sure JJ will have tamed Carrie considerably for the movie...to be blunt, & not wanting to sound like a big moaner, at her panel at Celebration this year...she was off her breasts!

Join: December 23rd 2004 11:19 pmPosts: 467Location: Left side of right coast

supreme leader I guess is akin to Gran Admiral? Actually Grand Admiral is more of a Major player where supreme leader is "the" major player. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine AKA Darth SidiousSupreme Leader Snoke AKA Darth Uber Mensch

In terms of names, I am both surprised and unsurprised that no one has mentioned either Chewbacca the Wookie or "Guy Loner" Han Solo. As CoGro alluded to with Boba Fett, the iconic status of these characters has overcome the inherent goofiness of their names. In this regard, Kylio Ren might be the new Boba Fett.

It's possible that some of the announced character names are aliases. So, we made need to restart this discussion after watching the movie.

"Chewie, we're home" was more ROTJ Han/KOTCS Indy (ugh) than SW/ESB Han. Granted he's much older now, but Han would never say anything like that. Chewie would be the one to show emotion, Han would just be cool about it.